Senator clashes with Colin Stretch over how tech giants apparently missed posts coming from Russia: ‘How could you not connect the dots?’A top executive at Facebook struggled to reply on Tuesday as an aroused and incredulous Al Franken,a Democratic senator, demanded why the social network accepted political advertisements paid for in Russian roubles during the presidential election.
Colin Stretch, or vice-president and general counsel at Facebook,admitted that the internet company could have done better in tracing the source of its ad funding during testimony to a Senate judiciary subcommittee. It is the first of three congressional hearings focusing on how three tech giants – Facebook, Google and Twitter – were exploited by Russia to sway voters. Related: Russia-backed Facebook posts 'reached 126m Americans' during US election Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com